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Wardriving guilty plea in Lowe's wi-fi case
Kevin Poulsen, SecurityFocus 2004-08-05

In what prosecutors say is likely the first criminal conviction for wardriving in the U.S., a Michigan man plead guilty Wednesday to a federal misdemeanor for using the Internet through an open wi-fi access point at a Lowe's home improvement store in suburban Detroit.

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Wardriving guilty plea in Lowe's wi-fi case 2004-08-10
Anonymous
The difference between tapping cellphones and Wifi is the Cellphones are using Licensed Regulaterd Spectrum that the Telco's pay millions sometimes billions to aquire from the FCC. Wifi, is unlicensed, public use spectrum uder the FCC Part 15, or ISM bands. Technically, not for use by coporations. S...

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